My Invisalign Journey (11): Re-scanning and polishing my teeth!

I have not had aligners in during the day for over a month now. Let me tell you, it’s been great!

Without wearing my aligners, I can have a snack whenever I get hungry. I don’t have to spend an extra 5 minutes in the bathroom after each meal to brush and floss my teeth, and then brush my aligners. And obviously it’s great being able to just smile and talk to people without them looking at your aligners or rubber bands.

But at the same time, I have been itching to get back into the office to get my teeth re-scanned for new aligners. The longer I go without them, the longer my treatment will be. I’ve been wearing my last aligner every single night so that my progress doesn’t move backwards and I got beautiful wedding photos with fabulously white and straight teeth. And now I’m ready to finish out my treatment so that I can just be done!

I was greeted by Dee, my usual technician, and she asked how the wedding was and if I had pictures with me. I didn’t have them handy at the moment, so I said I would show her next visit since I would be back very soon. Then I went back to the patient rooms/spaces to get the procedure started.

Dr. Jacquie came over and congratulated me and asked to see pictures. I had had a bit of wait time to pull some up from Facebook, so I showed her and she requested I send her a couple so that she could post them on her website. Cool! (Also, shout-out to Jon Baek for his amazing photography skills!)

She said that they were going to re-scan my teeth (so the same procedure that I went through before getting my aligners) but that she wanted to polish my front few teeth first. I thought she meant clean them, like they do at the dentist. But basically, she reshaped my front teeth, so I no longer have little divots and chips in them! I’ve always noticed them growing up, but never thought that anything could be done without ruining my teeth.

I’m still getting used to them because I’ve always been used to seeing the rounded teeth with little bumps and grooves, but I honestly think they look great!

After that, one of the technicians did the scanning and then took pictures of my smile, similar to the initial photos they took in the beginning of my treatment. My new aligners should be in within the next month, so I’m excited to start it back up…especially because I have been snacking more but hitting the gym less!